The Volleyball Hall of Fame capped its induction weekend with a stirring finish to its college volleyball tournament Saturday.

Heather Lively of Royalston pounded down 19 kills as Springfield College slipped past Tufts in five sets (25-23, 24-26, 20-25, 25-20, 15-11) to capture the championship of the Volleyball Hall of Fame Classic at Smith College.

Lively, a graduate of Pioneer Valley Regional School, was named the tournament's most valuable player.

The Pride (26-4) extended their win streak to 12 straight matches with wins Saturday over Tufts and Wellesley. Springfield avenged an earlier loss to Tufts at the MIT Invitational.

Aylene Ilkson also had 19 kills for Springfield against Tufts and made several big plays in the decisive fifth set. Sophomore Bethany Stosz of Amherst had 14 kills and made only one error.

Lively had 22 kills in SC's 22-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-21 win over Wellesley. Heidi Yohe made 33 digs, including 15 in one set.

Wellesley went on to defeat Amherst in five sets to claim third place, while Williams bested Brandeis 3-1 in the fifth-place match.

With the sweep, the Blazers (9-13, 6-1) locked up second place in the New England Collegiate Conference and earned a first-round bye in the six-team conference tournament. Elms faces an opponent to be determined in a semifinal next Saturday at Daniel Webster College.

HCC 2, Massasoit CC 1: Sarah Jaskula of Palmer tallied a goal and an assist to lift host Holyoke Community College to a berth in Sunday's NJCAA Region 21 final.

The Cougars (12-7) host Manchester (Conn.) CC, which defeated Springfield Technical Community College 4-1 in the other semifinal, in the title tilt at 1 p.m.

Elms 1, Lesley 0: In what could be a preview of a late-round matchup in the NECC Tournament, the host Blazers prevailed.

Junior forward Serina Percoski of Westfield tallied her seventh goal of the season as Elms (9-7, 8-0) clinched the inaugural NECC regular-season title and the accompanying first-round bye. Lesley (15-3-1, 7-1) recently set a school record for wins and also secured a tournament bye.

Salem St. 2, Westfield St. 0: Senior goalie Pawel Brzykcy of Ware made three saves in the shutout for visiting Salem. Mike Thompson of Feeding Hills stopped 14 shots in his final home game for Westfield (5-8-2, 1-3-2 MASCAC).

CROSS COUNTRY

MASCAC Championship: Junior Kerry Arouca won the individual title to lead Westfield State to its fifth straight Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference title at Stanley Park in Westfield.

Arouca completed the 3.1-mile course in 18:44.64. A deep pack behind her led the Owls to 24 points, the fourth-lowest team score in meet history.

The Westfield men finished third, only seven points behind winner Fitchburg State and one back of runnerup Bridgewater State. Phil Gingras led the Owls with an eighth-place finish.

SWIMMING

UMass sweeps Army: Senior Christa Narus and sophomore Elizabeth Walsh (Marshfield, Mass.) won two individual events each as the host Minutewomen downed Army 187-94. The men's team was led by freshman Joey Sbordon, who won all three of his events in a 174-126 win over Army.